Irena Botwinik, Ph.D.
Department of Linguistics and Foreign Literatures, Ben-Gurion University, Israel
Department of Linguistics, Tel Aviv University, Israel
The Levinsky College of Education, Israel
Academic Education
2004
1996
1988
Ph.D. in Linguistics, Tel Aviv University
Thesis title: The Category P: Features, Projections, Interpretation
Supervisors: Prof. Julia Horvath and Dr. Tal Siloni
M.A. in Linguistics (summa cum laude), Tel Aviv University
Thesis title: The Tough Construction in Hebrew
Supervisors: Prof. Julia Horvath, Dr. Tal Siloni and Prof. Tanya
Reinhart
B. Ed. in Music (magna cum laude)
The Levinsky College of Education, Tel Aviv
Teaching Experience
2010-2011
2010-2011
2009-2011
2009-2011
2008-2011
2005-2011
2004-2011
2010
2010
2009-2010
2009
2008-2009
2008-2009
2004-2009
2007-2008
Seminar in Second Language Acquisition
Ben-Gurion University
Introduction to Linguistics and Psycholinguistics
School of Education, Tel Aviv University
The Structure of English
The Levinsky College of Education
Introduction to Linguistics
MA program in Cognitive Science, Ben-Gurion University
Introduction to Linguistics
The Levinsky College of Education
Seminar in First and Second Language Acquisition
Tel Aviv University
Introduction to Language Acquisition
Tel Aviv University
Second Language Acquisition
The Levinsky College of Education
Typical and atypical language acquisition and language processing
Ben-Gurion University
Language and Speech Impairments
The Levinsky College of Education
Seminar in First and Second Language Acquisition
Ben-Gurion University
Introduction to Linguistics and Psycholinguistics
School of Education, Tel Aviv University
Introduction to Cognitive Science: Language processing
Ben-Gurion University
Syntactic Processing
Ben-Gurion University
Introduction to Cognitive Science: Language acquisition
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2007-2008
2007-2008
2007-2008
2006-2008
2006-2007
Ben-Gurion University
Advanced Syntax: Syntactic processing
Tel Aviv University
Syntax 1
Tel Aviv University
Syntax
Sakhnin College
Introduction to Linguistics
Sakhnin College
Issues in Second Language Acquisition
Ben-Gurion University
Grants
2011-2012 Post-doctoral fellowship at the Bar-Ilan University
Title: Specific Language Impairment in Bilingual Children: A longitudinal study
Investigators: PI 1: Sharon Armon-Lotem, Bar-Ilan University
Investigators: PI 2: Joel Walters, Bar-Ilan University
ISF grant for 2005-2009
Title:
The Division of Labor between the Syntax and the Lexicon
Investigators: PI 1: Julia Horvath, Tel-Aviv University
PI 2: Tal Siloni, Tel Aviv University
CI:
Irena Botwinik-Rotem, Tel Aviv University
2003
UiL-OTS, Utrecht University International Ph.D. stipend
Publications
Botwinik, I. "The two sources of null prepositions in second language acquisition: A
comparison between L2 English and L2 Hebrew." To appear in Brill’s Annual of
Afroasiatic Languages and Linguistics.
Botwinik, I. (to appear). "What affects the comprehension/ production asymmetry in
the acquisition of object relatives in Hebrew and Italian: Empirical evidence and
theoretical implications", in Grimm, A., Müller, A., Hamann, C. & Ruigendijk, E.
(eds.), Production-comprehension asymmetries in child language, Berlin: Mouton de
Gruyter.
Botwinik, I. "Phrasal verbs in Hebrew", to appear in Geoffrey Khan (ed.),
Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics (EHLL).
Botwinik, I. "Prepositions in Modern Hebrew", to appear in Geoffrey Khan (ed.),
Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics (EHLL).
Botwinik, I. "Case in Modern Hebrew", to appear in Geoffrey Khan (ed.),
Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics (EHLL).
Botwinik, I. 2009. (in Hebrew). "hashmatat milot yaxas be-rexishat safa shniya:
rexishat anglit leumat rexishat ivrit" (Null prepositions in second language
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acquisition: L2 English versus L2 Hebrew). Safa u-moax (Language and Brain), 8,
63-86.
http://www.language-brain.com/journal/docs/Botwinik_LanguageBrain8_PPs_L2.pdf
Botwinik-Rotem, I. 2008. "Object-gap constructions: Externalization and operator
movement", in S. Armon-Lotem, G. Danon and S. Rothstein, eds., Generative
Approaches to Hebrew Linguistics, John Benjamins.
Botwinik-Rotem, I. 2008. "Musa akif umilot yaxas mucraxot" (Indirect Object and
Obligatory Prepositions), in G. Hatav, ed., Balshanut Ivrit Teoretit ("Theoretical
Hebrew Linguistics"), Magnes.
Botwinik-Rotem, I. and N. Friedmann. 2008. "Linguistic Bases of Child Language
Disorders", in R. G. Schwartz ed., The Handbook of Child Language Disorders,
Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis.
Botwinik-Rotem, I. and A. Terzi. 2008. "Greek and Hebrew locative Prepositional
Phrases: A unified Case-driven account". Lingua, 118:3, 399-424.
Botwinik-Rotem, I. 2008. "A closer look at the Hebrew Construct and Free locative
PPs: the analysis of mi-locatives", in Kurzon, D. and S. Adler (eds.), Adpositions:
Pragmatic, Semantic and Syntactic Perspectives, John Benjamins, pp. 85-114.
Botwinik-Rotem, I. 2008. "Why are they different? An exploration of Hebrew
locative PPs", in A. Asbury, B. Gehrke, J. Dotlačil, and R. Nouwen eds., Syntax and
Semantics of Spatial P, John Benjamins, pp. 331-364.
Botwinik-Rotem, I. 2008. "Accounting for the comprehension of Hebrew object
relatives", in A. Gavarró Algueró and M. João Freitas, eds. Language Acquisition and
Development. Cambridge Scholars Press/CSP.
Armon-Lotem, S., Botwinik-Rotem, I. and Birka, S. 2007. "The acquisition of relative
clauses in Hebrew: prepositions and resumptive pronouns", in A. Belletti, ed.,
Language Acquisition and Development. Cambridge Scholars Press/CSP.
Botwinik-Rotem, I. 2007. "Null prepositions in L2 English and L2 Hebrew", in A.
Belletti, ed., Language Acquisition and Development. Cambridge Scholars Press/CSP
Botwinik-Rotem, I. 2003. “The Thematic and Syntactic status of Ps: The Dative,
Directional, Locative Distinction”, in Jacqueline Lecarme, ed., Research in
Afroasiatic Grammar II, John Benjamins, pp. 79-105.
Botwinik-Rotem, I. 2003. "PP-verbs: The Phenomenon of Obligatory Ps", in W.
Heeren, D, Papangeli and E. Vlachou eds., UiL-OTS Yearbook 2003, Utrecht
University, pp.9-17.
Botwinik-Rotem, I. 1997. "A theta-identification analysis for the Tough construction
in Hebrew", in A. Zachary Wyner, ed., Proceedings of IATL 13.
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Active Participation in Scientific Conferences
2010 While they were studying the GP effects occurred: What processing data (in
Hebrew) tell us about the merger of adjuncts (in the grammar).
Brill's Annual of Afroasiatic Languages and Linguistics (BAALL) conference.
Paris, November, 25-27.
2010 While they were studying the GP effects occurred: What processing data (in
Hebrew) tell us about the merger of adjuncts (in the grammar).
The Mediterranean Syntax Meeting (MSM3). Athens, October, 8-10.
2009 What facilitates the comprehension of object relatives in the acquisition of
Hebrew and Italian and why: Implications for the theories of sentence
processing.
The GALA conference, Lisbon, September 9-11.
2009 What affects the asymmetry in the acquisition of object relatives in Hebrew
and Italian, and why: Empirical evidence and theoretical contribution.
Workshop on production/comprehension asymmetries in language acquisition,
Osnabrük University, March 5-8.
2008 A closer look at the Hebrew (Construct and Free) locative PPs: the analysis of
mi-locatives.
The Mediterranean Syntax Meeting (MSM2). Istanbul, October 16-18.
2007 Accounting for the production/comprehension puzzle of (Hebrew) relatives.
The Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition (GALA) Conference.
Barcelona, September 6-8.
2007 Accounting for the production/comprehension puzzle of (Hebrew) relatives.
The 23rd Annual Conference of the Israeli Association for Theoretical
Linguistics. Tel Aviv University, June 18-19.
2006 Null Prepositions in L2 Hebrew and L2 English.
The 16th Annual Conference of the European Second Language Association
(EUROSLA). Antalya, September 15.
2006 Why are they different? A case study of Hebrew locative PPs.
The 22nd Annual Conference of the Israeli Association for Theoretical
Linguistics. The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, July 3.
2006 Why are they different? A case study of Hebrew locative PPs.
The Syntax and Semantics of Spatial P. UiL-OTS Utrecht University, June 2.
2006 The left and right edges of Locative Ps.
The Edges in Syntax Conference. Nicosia, May 15 (with A. Terzi).
2005 The acquisition of relative clauses in Hebrew.
The Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition (GALA) Conference.
Siena, September 9 (with S. Armon-Lotem and S. Birka).
2005 Null prepositions in L2 English and L2 Hebrew.
The Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition (GALA) Conference.
Siena, September 9.
2005 Greek and Hebrew Locative Prepositions fall in Place.
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The Mediterranean Syntax Meeting. Rhodes, June 25 (with A. Terzi).
2005 Externalization in Object Gap Constructions.
GLOW Workshop on Semitic Syntax. Geneva, March 30.
2004 Externalization in Object Gap Constructions.
The 20th Annual Conference of the Israeli Association for Theoretical
Linguistics. Bar-Ilan University, June 23.
2003 PP-verbs: The Phenomenon of Obligatory Ps.
The Semitic Linguistics within Contemporary Approaches Conference.
University of Florida, October 11.
2000 Thematic and Syntactic status of Ps: The Dative, Directional, Locative
Distinction.
The 5th International Conference on Afroasiatic Languages. Université de
Paris VII, June 29.
2000 The Thematic and Syntactic status of Ps: The Dative, Directional, Locative
Distinction.
The International Conference on Prepositions: Grammatical, Semantic and
Pragmatic Aspects. University of Haifa, June 4.
2000 The Thematic and Syntactic status of Ps: The Dative, Directional, Locative
Distinction.
The 16th Annual Conference of the Israeli Association for Theoretical
Linguistics. Tel Aviv University, June 10.
1997 A Theta Identification Analysis for the Tough Construction in Hebrew.
The 13th Annual Conference of the Israeli Association for Theoretical
Linguistics. Bar-Ilan University, June 2.